

American Ninja
DirectorSam Firstenberg
“The deadliest art of the Orient is now in the hands of an American.”
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
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Cast

Michael Dudikoff
Pvt. Joe Armstrong

Steve James
Cpl. Curtis Jackson

Judie Aronson
Patricia Hickock

Guich Koock
Col. William T. Hickock

John Fujioka
Shinyuki
Don Stewart
Victor Ortega

John LaMotta
MSgt. Rinaldo

Tadashi Yamashita
Black Star Ninja

Phillip Brock
Pvt. Charley Madison

Tony Carreon
Older Colombian

Roi Vinzon
Younger Colombian

Richard Norton
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